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Face Value: Physiognomical Thought in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier and Zola New Ed. edition
University of Wisconsin Press
Face Value: Physiognomical Thought in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier and Zola New Ed. edition
University of Wisconsin Press
Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science ""reads"" the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities,
224 pages, 4 line drawings
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 30, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780299143947 |
Publishers | University of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 15 mm · 387 g |
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